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Video game values.
I couldn’t sleep so I got up pretty early this morning and I was looking at Netflix and noticed they had a new show about collectibles and people selling them. basically following an auction house, selling a whole bunch of stuff mostly sports memorabilia but there were video game sales too. One guy had a couple of very rare Nintendo games that were valued at $500,000.
Anyways it got me thinking about my own collection and some games in general. So I started looking around at values of adventure games, if they are complete like with the big box they came in, most of the classics are worth anywhere from $80 to $150.
To my surprise though the most value my collection has is my Dreamcast games, I have several games in my collection that are apparently worth anywhere from $100 to $800, I never expected the Dreamcast to have such a huge Market, although it’s always been one of my favorite systems. I don’t plan on selling, just something I found interesting. my wife two Christmases ago got me an adapter to play my Dreamcast on HDMI TVs and for some reason a week ago I played Crazy Taxi, that Offspring song Still rings in my head.
I need to get back to my jrpg and the Ripper but worked picked up this week and it’s been kind of crazy at the house, I’m on a well and we have iron rich water, so I was having to do repairs.
Do any of y’all have any crazy collectible games that kind of shock you?
Oooh do you have Illbleed? I always wanted a copy of it.
For me two of my priciest games are Mega Man X3 and E.V.O on the SNES. My copy of E.V.O. I bought used from blockbuster, even had the sticker still on it lol.
But it’s interesting to see that even popular games on the PSX are getting pretty pricey, like Castlevania.
Oooh do you have Illbleed? I always wanted a copy of it.
For me two of my priciest games are Mega Man X3 and E.V.O on the SNES. My copy of E.V.O. I bought used from blockbuster, even had the sticker still on it lol.
But it’s interesting to see that even popular games on the PSX are getting pretty pricey, like Castlevania.
No but i have unopened versions of skies of arcadia, grandia 2 and powerstone 2, among others, i bought some doubles yrs ago super cheap. Super Mario bros 64 also has really gone up in price.
Oh nice! Power Stone 2 and Skies of Arcadia are two of my favorites for the system. Also obviously Marvel VS Capcom 2.
I dream of the day we get a remaster of Skies.
I don’t have many unopened games, but I do have a sealed copy of Faxanadu on the NES! Loved that game as a kid.
Awesome, i agree skies of arcadia is one of my favorite jrpgs
I have always usually eventually sold my physical copies of games so I can buy new games, so a collection (or at least one spanning multiple generations) is out of the question for me. I am a minimalist at heart, having things that aren’t being used often annoy me regretfully.
The value of video games does fascinate me somewhat. Many people say that video games are more expensive than ever, but fail to take into account that inflation has far outpaced the price raises experienced over the decades and that modern “AAA” video games often have more content than ever, often perhaps too much. But when you think that back when the Atari 2600 was new, adjusted for inflation it was about £1500, plus £100-£150 per game. All this to play Pong or Yar’s Revenge. Seems crazy nowadays.
Not that I’m saying the prices of any modern games are justified. Older titles can be just as good and a lot cheaper. Or a lot more expensive in the world of collectables. Dreamcast games seem to be at eyewatering prices, all thanks to the fact that the console failed to sell well globally. When Panzer Dragoon and a working dreamcast console can set you back over a grand I can’t help but feel that dragging a zip file into an emulator is the better option for most.
Then you got the other direction, PS2s are crazy common and don’t seem to be breaking with age, the local market has 20 of them lined up for £10 each with 3 free games. A PS2 copy of Panzer Dragoon is roughly £50 on ebay. If I was spending money I know which I’d prefer.
Anyway, no real point here, just rambling! The pricing of games is a wild world where you can get some of the best deals in the world and then some of the worst. I hope your adventure game collection goes well!
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